Two women, their golden retriever, and an orphaned kitten hit the road in an RV for one year of "pretirement"

Our goddaughter Aly flew into San Antonio on her spring break, and we stayed for three nights at the Guadalupe River State Park, about 40 minutes north of the city. Our first day together, we just stayed in the park…

The Colorado River Thousand Trails RV Resort is about halfway between Houston and San Antonio. It was a perfect place for us to spend some time before meeting our goddaughter in San Antonio. We were pleasantly surprised by this open,…

When I flew back from Santa Cruz, Kate picked me up at the Dallas airport. She had broken camp at the campground (her first time solo) and had parked Bessie and at a nearby shopping center. We slept that night…

My friend Angelica is a wonderful photographer and an avid walker. A couple of years ago, she set herself a goal to walk the length of every street in Santa Cruz, taking photos along the way. She’s completed that goal…

Forty years ago, I stumbled into Santa Cruz in a haze of youthful uncertainty. Fresh out of college with a somewhat useless theater degree and no particular ambition. Just starting to acknowledge my not-so-straight-after-all sexuality. Living in my van after…

While in New Orleans, we kept a close eye on weather reports of an approaching storm. Although we’d experienced nothing more than some wild winds on Wednesday, torrential thunderstorms loomed and were already flooding northeast Louisiana. We had planned to leave…